Understand!" Yes Yes, I understand. I will see you there."I left immediately. I didn't bother to dress up or even clean. I ran outthe door.But no one ...as there. I waited for nearly an hour and my cell rang. Ianswered and he told me to meet him somewhere else across town. I wentthere and waited another hour.He told me to meet him somewhere else after waiting there for nearly anhour he called me and told me to meet him at another place in the nexttown. So I drove there and waited. After thirty. Once again, it was hard to keep my thoughts straight.Ross started his senior year in high school, the first few days riding in with me from Orondo in the morning and home again late in the afternoon. At the end of his first week, we packed up our belongings in Orondo, and moved back to our home.It was the third week of September when Pete Mahoney called me and asked if I could come to his office. I agreed, of course, but dreaded the likely subject of the meeting."Come on in, Geoff. We'll meet. Never had a soul come close to that nor shown this much interest in me. “Well Cynthia, you are my favorite too.” I kissed her on the check and my dream concluded. I woke up refreshed as I always did but I was filled with many questions that pleaded for answers. I knew I’d be plagued for hours on end. The most pressing of those questions was whether she was, well like me or was she droid. As I worked that day I couldn’t help but wonder who was who at Horizons Water facility. In an effort to. She slowly drifted towards thehugging mermaids. "Are you okay? If this is a bad time, I can leave andwe can do this later," she offered."No," Marie said as she turned towards Rose. "It's fine. Just some badmemories." I can't imagine what you went through," she said earnestly. "From what Ilearned from other mermaids that were captives too, the best things youcan do are to take your time, and focus on the bonds you share. I've seenthem work miracles healing souls." Thank you, we'll remember,".